RFP: Addressing the Year 2000 Problem in Developing Countries

Aaron Hirsch (mailto:Ahirsch@WORLDBANK.ORG)
Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:47:41 -0500 

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Date:         Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:47:41 -0500
From: Aaron Hirsch <mailto:Ahirsch@WORLDBANK.ORG>
Subject:      RFP: Addressing the Year 2000 Problem in Developing Countries
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Request for Applications for a Grant Related to Addressing the Year 2000
Problem in Developing Countries


Deadline for Submissions: March 13, 1998


The Information for Development Program (infoDev) is concerned that
developing countries are slow to begin the work necessary to convert
information systems to avoid the Year 2000 problem (Y2K), will have
difficulty allocating the large amounts of resources appropriate to the
problem,
and may face serious disruption in many sectors in the next five years due
to
Y2K computer failures. infoDev therefore proposes to make a grant of up to
$250,000 to the proponent providing the best proposal on how to assist and
stimulate developing countries to take a more proactive approach in dealing
with the Y2K problem.


The objective of this grant will be to encourage national governments to
define or improve national strategies to address the Y2K problem. The focus
of such strategies would presumably include policies for correction of the
problems in government computer systems but would also focus on the Y2K
problem as it relates to broader civil society, and especially those
portions of
the private sector in which computer functions are critical. It is
anticipated that
grant funds will be used to develop a toolkit to assist key developing
country
stakeholders to consider and take action on the problem, and to disseminate
the toolkit and otherwise raise consciousness in developing countries of
the
problem.


Any institution, organization or firm, either non-profit or for profit, is
invited
to submit a proposal.
For more information about infoDev and this request visit:
www.worldbank.org/infodev


Please excuse any duplications from cross-posting.


Kind Regards,
Aaron Hirsch




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Aaron Hirsch
infoDev Research Assistant, The World Bank
F3K-268, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA
Telephone: 202-473-1836 Fax: 202-522-3186 or 202-522-3001
E-mail: mailto:ahirsch@worldbank.org Web: http://www.worldbank.org/infodev